Chapter 3: Discovery of a mystery

Mermaid camp

Theresa's point of view

I awoke for some stupid reason, probably because there was a glow of something in the room. I couldn't figure out what it was until I looked around. Then I saw her. Sarah. She was glowing and what was really glowing was her shoulder. I accidently screamed and then shook her a little until she woke up.

"What's wrong Theresa?" she asked me. I couldn't keep it from her but I couldn't talk for like five minutes.

"You're… You're….." I hesitated; I couldn't help it at all. This was just too creepy.

"I'm what? Tell me please, I can handle whatever it is."She reassured me, although I didn't believe her really.

"You're….."I kept starting and now she was staring at me too.

"What, what am I?" she questions probably mad at me by now.

"You're glowing Sarah, and your left shoulder seems to be the source." I finally stagger out. She stares at me not with a surprised look though.

"Look, Theresa, um I have to tell you something, but not here. I'll tell you next week when you sleepover." I look at her and she looks ashamed, I'm guessing this has probably happened before. I'm so curious but I know I can't ask her about it.

"Alright," I know she can tell by the look on my face that I'm a bit freaked out and curious.

"I promise to tell you if you promise to drop this until then." I look at her and nod. She seems like she's hiding something and that she's really uncomfortable. It's not that hard to tell when she is because she always has a specific look on her face.

"Alright, I promise. Now, I'm guessing this has happened before." I say and as soon as I do I regret it. She gives me a look that says to please stop.

"You promised don't forget." She looks down, guilty of something. When she speaks her words are sincere. "Yeah, this has happened before, a few times actually." I let her leave it at that. I know if I question her further she could get mad. It must be something really personal. She's told me things that she probably wouldn't want others to know. If this is bigger than that, then I wonder how bad it could be. I guess I'd just have to wait to fine out.

"I know I promised, but you know you can trust me right?" I ask. I already know the answer but it's still nice to let her know she ca.

"Yeah, I know I can trust you Theresa. Now I think we should probably go to bed, it's like four in the morning. Goodnight." She says as she closes her eyes and pretends to go to bed. I know she won't sleep for a while, but I decide to let her just lay there, besides I need time to think. I close my eyes and then slowly fall asleep.

I awake a few hours later it's like six I think. I look to my watch and then confirm my suspicions. It's 6:15 in the morning. I decide it's way too early to wake Nicole and Sarah up so I just go to the bathroom and turn on the water. I put my hand under the faucet; the water's cold and feels so good on my hands. I splash some on my hands and then ten seconds later bubbles appear around me and then I'm on the ground. I look to my feet but instead see a blue green tail. Almost like an aquamarine color. I also notice that I'm wearing a bikini top too. This was sort of weird because I usually don't like wearing bikinis. Well I just sat there wondering how I could have turned this way. Hmm, it seemed that when I touched the water I turned into a mermaid. Well, considering I had nothing to lose I grabbed a towel and wiped my face dry. After a few seconds I turned back. My legs reappeared and I wore my pajamas again.

I walked back to my room where Sarah and Nicole were. Thankfully they were asleep still so I had some time to think. I sat on my bed and grabbed the glass of water that was sitting on the night stand next to my bed. I dipped my hand in the water and waited. It took ten seconds for me to turn into a mermaid again. I quickly put the glass back on the night stand and then dried my hand off. That sort of shattered the hope that it was a dream. I guess I feel asleep again because the next thing I know Sarah and Nicole are shaking me awake.

"I'm awake, I'm awake" I say as they stop. "You guys could have let me sleep a little." I say a bit annoyed.

"Well, it's like nine o clock. We were wondering if you wanted your presents." Nicole said and I could feel Sarah eyeing her. She seemed annoyed that she was here.

"You guys didn't have to do that. I mean it, I didn't want anything." I said, and I really didn't. It felt good that they were nice enough to get me something though.

"Well we got you something so please open it." Sarah said smiling; I bet she was glad that she cut Nicole of that time.

"Alright," I say grabbing Sarah's gift first. I open it and inside is a box that consists of a few things. There was a watch with a penguin in it along with a matching bracelet, necklace, and earrings. I smiled, she's so nice and thoughtful. There was also a card and a gift card to iTunes. I smiled and then opened the card. It had a penguin along with a dog on it. The card read, Hope you have a great birthday and I'm so lucky to have a friend like you. I was so happy she's so nice. "Thanks so much Sarah, it means a lot. You're so nice." I say really happy.

"Okay my turn." Nicole says handing me a rectangle thing. I open the wrapper and see a journal with a T and penguin on it. It looked hand drawn and it was beautiful.

"Wow, this is awesome thanks. Did you draw this yourself?" I ask and it really is so pretty.

"Yeah I did. Glad you like it." I can see the way Sarah glares at her. I know whatever happened between them must have been bad. After all I moved here the summer before sixth grade, I must've missed something.

"Why don't we all go swimming?" Sarah asked changing the subject. That would be a great idea but because of recent changes I don't think that'd be smart to do.

"That's a great idea Sarah" Ii say but regret it right after. This was going to be interesting. How am I supposed to hide that I'm a mermaid in the pool? Well I guess I'd have to deal with that sooner or later. The three of us changed and went to the pool. Nicole Jumped in and Sarah dove in. I just stared and then jumped in myself. I might as well have two people I could tell about my little secret I found about earlier. Then the water started bubbling. The three of us stared at each other.

Hehe. I apologize for the cliff hanger but I think you can guess what's going to happen. Hope you like this chapter. It was interesting to write, I had to think about what my friend would so and say. Hope you enjoyed please review